Strandings & illegal fishing activities

Other things which have been going on are the coverage of general environmental issues and conservation in the area, including the stranding of one Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus), a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncates), and a Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis), on which Archipelagos volunteers performed necropsies.

I have also filmed illegal tuna trafficking activities from Turkish boats in Greek waters. The first boats, just off the coast of Samos, were transporting tuna out of season and gave conflicting information when asked about the initial whereabouts of the catch. A few days later, boats of a similar nature were caught fishing in the Samos-Fourni channel, and we had to make our own conservation and awareness efforts as port police appeared indifferent to the situation

All these videos were made to compliment newsletters written for our website and rushes of the footage were given to regional and national news channels as part of environmental and headline reports.